OCCURRENCE AND PATHOLOGY OF VARIOUS CONDITIONS OF INTESTINE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENTERITIS IN CATTLE CALVES (Bos indicus) IN WESTERN REGION OF RAJASTHAN
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2020
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Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner
Abstract
The present investigation was carried out from June 2019 to
November 2019. During this period a total number of 432 samples of
intestine were examined from cattle calves of different age groups, breeds
and sex. Out of these 138 samples showing gross lesions were collected
and tissue sections from these were subjected to histopathological
examination. An overall occurrence of various pathological conditions
affecting the intestine of cattle calves were observed as 31.94 per cent.
The various forms of affections were classified as Acute catarrhal enteritis
15.21 per cent, Chronic catarrhal enteritis 4.30 per cent, Haemorrhagic
enteritis 5.70 per cent, Necrotic enteritis 2.10 per cent, Necrohaemorrhagic
enteritis 1.44 per cent, Supurative/Purulant enteritis 0.72 per
cent, Parasitic enteritis 3.60 per cent, Eosinophilic enteritis 1.44 per cent,
Haemorrhage 14.49 per cent, Congestion 23.18 per cent, Edema 0.72 per
cent, Atrophy 18.11 per cent, Fibrinoid changes 1.44 per cent, Necrosis
1.44 per cent, Paratuberculosis 1.44 per cent, Lipoma 0.72 per cent, Nonspecific
inflammatory conditions (granulomatous type) 0.72 per cent,
Lymphoid hyperplasia 0.72 per cent, Myositis 1.44 per cent and
Perivasculitis 0.72 per cent. In bacteriological examination E. coli,
salmonella and mixed growth of E. coli and salmonella were found.